Eddy Kapend is a Congolese man who served as former president Laurent-Désiré Kabila's close military advisor, and as the second-in-command of the Congolese army. In 2001 Kabila was assassinated by soldier Rachidi Kasereka in his office, and Kapend killed Rachidi minutes later. In a trial widely criticized by international human rights organizations, Kapend and 80 others were convicted of participation in Kabila's killing, and were sentenced to death. A 2011 investigative film, Murder in Kinshasa, reviewed evidence that Kapend was not involved in Kabila's killing.